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Keywords: Toes, Dominant, Autosomal, Fingers, Inherited

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abnormal shortening of fingers and/or toes

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Short fingers.

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Abnormal shortness of the fingers.

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A human phenotype of unusually short digits, generally inherited as an autosomal dominant.

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Brachydactyly is a medical term which literally means "shortness of the fingers and toes" (digits). The shortness is relative to the length of other long bones and other parts of the body. Brachydactyly is an inherited, usually dominant trait.

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